Mark Edward Kern / Grummz / Debbichan / foxyfighter - Former WoW Team Lead and "anti-DEI" grifter, would rather commission lesbian wrestling porn than finish a game

[bile demon]

I love seeing paypigs get exactly what they deserve.

 

[30+GameOvers]

Is this thread really necessary right now? I mean, he's a grifter and he's taking advantage of GamerGate 2. Where is the funny? This is an equivalent of a 4chan twitter screencap thread for the most part so far.
I think the asshurt he generates(as of now) is funnier and it's being documented in the Sweet Baby Thread.
Once he goes into full lolcow territory(which will probably happen at one point, looking back at GG1 grifters), then this thread will definitely be a welcome addition, but I don't see a reason for it yet.

 

[Robot Gentleman]

Is this thread really necessary right now? I mean, he's a grifter and he's taking advantage of GamerGate 2. Where is the funny? This is an equivalent of a 4chan twitter screencap thread for the most part so far.
I think the asshurt he generates(as of now) is funnier and it's being documented in the Sweet Baby Thread.
Once he goes into full lolcow territory(which will probably happen at one point, looking back at GG1 grifters), then this thread will definitely be a welcome addition, but I don't see a reason for it yet.

Mark has a history of being a drama whore who reacts poorly to criticism and who exaggerates his own expertise to grift for attention. I think a thread was a long time coming even before the Sweet Baby stuff. The asshurt he's been causing is pretty funny, though.

 

[Dr Sprokeberg]

I think this guy's got the perfect grift. Make anti-woke/sjw viral tweets that blow up, then spend the other half of the time shilling Em8er.

Pretty certain i used to follow him on Twitter a while back. One thing OP underestimates is his coomer-ish tendencies. Apparent in Em8er though, which so far seems like Star Citizen with anime girl jpgs.

 

[30+GameOvers]

Mark has a history of being a drama whore who reacts poorly to criticism and who exaggerates his own expertise to grift for attention. I think a thread was a long time coming even before the Sweet Baby stuff. The asshurt he's been causing is pretty funny, though.

I can see where you're coming from, but for now he's just boring. It's going to take a lot more than sperging over a stupid looking bus to make one into a proper lolcow.
I say wait until he has a meltdown or some sort of big controversy, all these gamergate grifters eventually get one.

 

[i440BX]

I first heard of him when Kabrutus became popular with his SBI war. I hope we wont have any more grifters. Sad, though I smelled he is a bit of a grifter cause he had a subscribe follow on twitter. As long he promotes the cause of anti-ESG/DEI I am fine. But I wouldnt give him money. He has enough.

I hope though Kabrutus and others not start grifting, but who knows. Money is the eye of the devil.

Informative thread. Thank you OP.

 

[Burning Fanatic]

Tempted to move when ready to Grift Wars, but Careercow could also work for Kern. What do you all think?

 

[Robot Gentleman]

Tempted to move when ready to Grift Wars, but Careercow could also work for Kern. What do you all think?

IMO Grift Wars fits better. I think I'm ready for it to be moved if there are no complaints.

 

[Baklava]

Tempted to move when ready to Grift Wars, but Careercow could also work for Kern. What do you all think?

While Kern's definitely a careercow, I think Grift Wars is appropriate considering he's eyeball-deep in Gamergate 2, and I imagine that's how most people are becoming aware of him. I certainly didn't know who this guy was before he blew up on X crying about DEI and Sweet Baby Inc. and all that.

 

[mlanguishi]

Dammit. I supported him for going to war against Alyssa Mercante and the rest. He has the right enemies, for sure. Informative thread though.

 

[i440BX]

Dammit. I supported him for going to war against Alyssa Mercante and the rest. He has the right enemies, for sure. Informative thread though.

Same. I first believed he is genuine. I wish we don't have the same grfting like in 1.0 version of GG.
I want a genuine protest against propaganda.

 

[Baklava]

I think the only ones you can trust when it comes to GG 2.0 are the ones who never ask for a dime*. But everyone saw what happened with GG1 and Comicsgate and such, all the commentary YouTuber revenue and Patreon money coming in. I'm sure more people will have dollar signs in their eyes now that they think they see a group of easy marks, even if they believe what they're telling people.

*= provided they aren't schizo attention whores

 

[Kopasea]

Same. I first believed he is genuine. I wish we don't have the same grfting like in 1.0 version of GG.
I want a genuine protest against propaganda.

I'm still hoping that even if Mark isn't genuine, from the dust true protestors and creators will appear.

 

[The Pulverizer]

Most recently, Mark has started a wave of drama after being too stupid to realize that Helldivers 2, a game that parodies jingoism and is heavily based off Starship Troopers, isn't "anti-woke". Upon being blocked by their (predictably "woke") community manager, Mark started tweeting incessently about keeping a political parody that he has no involvement in "politically free".

That fat ugly bitch deserves to be called out. She lied about the developers of HD2 being diverse and went on to say that the difficulty of modern games needs to inclusive for everyone. Meanwhile, on the front page of Arrowhead's website there is a big blob in bold letters that says, "A game for everyone is a game for no one."

You can call Mark Kern a clown without defending every shitlib retard he tweets about.

I think the only ones you can trust when it comes to GG 2.0 are the ones who never ask for a dime*. But everyone saw what happened with GG1 and Comicsgate and such, all the commentary YouTuber revenue and Patreon money coming in. I'm sure more people will have dollar signs in their eyes now that they think they see a group of easy marks, even if they believe what they're telling people.

I'm still hoping that even if Mark isn't genuine, from the dust true protestors and creators will appear.

E-celebs related to GamerGate were always grifters (look at Ethan Ralph, Sargon of Ackad, etc). Don't expect GG 2.0 to be any different.

 

[DrearyDoomguy]

You can call Mark Kern a clown without defending every shitlib retard he tweets about.

Most culture war commentators should, as a rule, be kept at arm's length. Their content may be entertaining but don't give them actual money for a professed product until or unless it becomes clear they are ready to keep their ego under control and deliver actual results. 9 times out of 10 they will show clear and convincing signs that neither of those are going to happen.

 

[The Pulverizer]

Most culture war commentators should, as a rule, be kept at arm's length. Their content may be entertaining but don't give them actual money for a professed product until or unless it becomes clear they are ready to keep their ego under control and deliver actual results. 9 times out of 10 they will show clear and convincing signs that neither of those are going to happen.

They're not automatically wrong just because they're grifters. If we're operating under that logic, then we should all dye our hair blue and make the Kiwi Farms more inclusive.

 

[Sammich]

if you are an adult and still are engaging on gaming culture just kill yourself. buy games without shit, avoid AAA slop and be happy

That's good advice for consumers, but if you happen to be a dev of sorts, you should let your work speak for you. Which seems to be the exact opposite of what this faggot is doing.

Kern seems to be a complete loser, but asmongold isn't much better.

 

[DrearyDoomguy]

They're not automatically wrong just because they're grifters. If we're operating under that logic, then we should all dye our hair blue and make the Kiwi Farms inclusive.

My only argument is you should be hesitant to give them your money. The correctness(or lack thereof) of their views is a separate matter. Half the time they don't even believe what they're saying.

 

[The Pulverizer]

My only argument is you should be hesitant to give them your money.

I've never expressed any desire to give him money.

 

[Northern Blockhead]

Kern appears to have set up a change.org petition (that currently has over 10k signatures) to " #FreeStellarBlade". According to the petition:

Stellar Blade is a phenomenal new game that just launched on Playstation 5 worldwide. But it has a problem. The content has been censored from the original trailer version posted by Sony. We, as gamers, want this content back. We relied on it, we made the game the #1 pre-order worldwide because of it, and this is the true game we want.

Stellar Blade is more than a game, it has become a cultural beacon for freedom of expression in a time where Game Publishers like Sony are censoring games more than ever. Stellar Blade was a breath of fresh air and gamer rallied behind it because it meant things were changing, getting better, and the voice of creative freedom was ringing loud and clear.

But for reasons unknown, the game was censored, changes were made. What we received after our good faith purchase was not the same as advertised.

We believe in the game, we believe in Shift Up, and we are asking to get the game we believed in. Revert the censorship changes, patch the game, and you will find that even more gamers will join you and support you!

All gamers can help by signing this petition. It will be printed in Korea and delivered in Korea to Shift Up offices, and physically printed and delivered to Sony Playstation North America offices. Spread this petition on Social Media with the #FreeStellarBlade hashtag.

Keep in mind that this is one of the things that was removed from the game:

I don't really have an opinion of the changes made to Stellar Blade (since I haven't played it); I'm just baffled that Kern is willing to die on this hill.

https://archive.fo/VJdGs

Edit: Oh dear, Kabrutus (guy behind SBI-Detected steam curator) has officially gave his stamp of support behind this.

Unable to archive the tweet. For some reason, archive.ph is acting fucky on my end in trying to archive this.